Khrushchev Timeline

Question 1

When did Khrushchev become First Party Secretary?

Answer 1

1953

Question 2

When was Beria arrested and then executed?

Answer 2

June + December 1953

Question 3

When did the Virgin Lands Scheme begin?

Answer 3

1954

Question 4

When did Malenkov resign as Chairman of the Council of Ministers?

Answer 4

1955

Question 5

When was the Secret Speech + DeSalinisation?

Answer 5

1956

Question 6

When did experiments begin with the MTS?

Answer 6

1957

Question 7

When was there decentralisation of light industry?

Answer 7

1957

Question 8

When was Sovanarhozy set up?

Answer 8

1957

Question 9

When did Molotov and others try to dismiss Khrushchev with a vote of 8-4?

Answer 9

June 1957

Question 10

When did Khrushchev assume the role of Chairman of Soviet Ministers and party leader = forcing Bulganin to resign?

Answer 10

1958

Question 11

When did Khrushchev meet Kennedy at Vienna?

Answer 11

1961

Question 12

When were the shootings of striking workers at Novocherkassk ordered?

Answer 12

1962

Question 13

When was Khrushchev deposed by Leonid Brezhnev?

Answer 13

1964